Feminist Political Ecology explores the gendered relations of ecologies, economies and politics in communities as diverse as the rubbertappers in the rainforests of Brazil to activist groups fighting racism in New York City. Women are often at the centre of these struggles, struggles which concern local knowledge, everyday practice, rights to resources, sustainable development, environmental quality, and social justice.

The book bridges the gap between the academic and rural orientation of political ecology and the largely activist and urban focus of environmental justice movements. (Summary from Google Books)

Table of Contents:

1. Gender and Environment: A Feminist Political Ecology Perspective

Dianne Rocheleau, Barbara Thomas-Slayter, Esther Wangari

2. Out on the Front Lines But Still Struggling for Voice: Women in the Rubber Tappers' Defense of the Forest in Xapuri, Acre, Brazil

Connie Campbell with the Women's Group of Xapuri

3. Feminist Politics and Environmental Justice: Women's Community Activism in West Harlem, New York

Vernice Miller, Moya Hallstein, Susan Quass

4. Protecting the Environment Against State Policy in Austria: From Women's Participation in Protest to New Voices in Parliament